Portable apparatus for scalding hogs



(No Model.)

D. s. AMSTUTZ.

PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR SGALDING HUGS. No. 392,773.

Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

IIVVEIVTOR,

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Warren STATES l) ANIEL S. AMSTUTZ,

Parana @rrrca OF ORRVILLE, OHIO.

PORTABLE APPARATUS FDR SCALDING HOGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,773, dated November13, 1888,

Application filed March 7, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL S, AMSTUTZ, of Orrville, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Apparatus for Scalding Hogs 5 and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in portable apparatus for scalding hogs,in which a suitable frame-work supports a metal scalding-vat, with burner or fire-box,as the case may be, located underneath such scalding-vat for heating the same. A. double Windlass with chains is provided for raising, lowering, and turning the hogs in the Vat, the one member of the Windlass havinga clutch, by disconnecting which the other member of the Windlass may be turned to lower the hogs into the vat or to raise the hogs out of the vat; also, a grating is provided for gaging the depth to which the hogs are lowered in the vat and keep them from coming in contact with the vat-plate, so as to avoid setting or burning the bristles, leaving a suitable depth below the grating for the accumulation of sediment.

My invention also relates to details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, portions being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is an end elevation in transverse section.

A represents a suitable supporting-frame, preferably of metal tubing, arranged substantially as shown. Fastened to the top rail, A, of the frame is a sheet-metal scalding-vat, B, preferably with rounded bottom, as shown in Fig. 2. A metal casing, O, is fastened to the supporting-frame outside the vat,and joins the latter at the top. This casing incloses a heating-chamber,0, underneath the vat, and gratebar (not shown) may be arranged'at the bot tom of the casing for a wood or coal fire; but, preferably, vapor-burners 0 are provided, as shown, directly under the central line of the vat, these burners being connected by feedpipe 0 with gasoline-container 0 together with the necessary valves and mechanism,sub-' Serial No 266,403. (Nomodeld ,stantially as with vaporburncrs heretofore used.

Tank B is made long enough to admit of dividing it into two compartments, B and B", by means of partition I), the smaller compartment, B, being utilized for keeping a quantity of clean hot water on hand, while compartment 13 is used for scalding purposes. The tank is considerably deeper than is necessary for ion mersing the hogs, and a removable grating, I), is suspended in compartment B", this grating being supported by hooks b substantially as shown. This grating prevents the hog from being lowered too deep into the vat, and by means thereof the bristles and dirt that necessari] y accumulate in the vat may gravitate to the bottom, and are not stirred up in manipulating the hog in the vat, thereby leaving the water above the grating com parativoly clear. Both compartments are provided with the necessary discharge-pipe and valve 13". On either side and directly over the respective edges of the vat are located rollers D and E, arranged parallel with each otherand extendinglengthwise of the vat,these rollers being journaled in suitable boxes, (1., connected with the support ing-frame. Roller Dis located near the upper edge of the tanlnwhilc roller E is considerably higher. Roller E has a crank,E,and sprocketwhcel 0, the latter being rigidly secured to this roller. Roller D has a sprocketwheel, D, j ournaled on the ro1ler,the hub of the sprocket wheel at one end thereof having notches d, that by engaging a pin, 61, that extends later ally through the roller, causes the roller and sprocket-wheel to turn together. A spiral spring, F, is coiled around this roller and abuts thesprocketwheel on the side thereof opposite such clutch. A lever, G, is pivoted at g to the frame-work, the long end of the le ver serving as a handle and the short end of the lever bearing against the sprocket wheel D on the clutch side thereof. By means of this lever the sprocketwvheel may be moved end" wise of the roller against the action of the spring to disengage the notches d from the pin (1, and while the sprocket-wheel is held in this position it may be revolved without turning roller D, on which it is mounted. An endless chain, H, connects the two sprocket-wheels,

and when the clutch is in mesh the two rollers, by means of the crank, are moved in unison; or by disconnecting the clutch the roller E may be turned, leaving roller D stationary. Chains I, usually three in number, are permanently attached to roller E, and detachably secured, usually by means of hooks, to roller D. These chains are of such length as to admit of lowering the hog upon the grating,still leaving the chains wound once or twice around each roller. In operating the device the hog is suspended over the vat by means of a derrick or other suitable device,and whilein such position at least two of the chains are passed under the hog, and the chains are fastened to roller D, and the clutch is thrown out of gear and the slack of the chain is wound upon roller E. The hog is then lowered upon the chains, and while the clutch is still out of gear, roller E, by means of a crank, is turned in the direction to unwind the chains and thus lower the hog into the Vat. After the hog is sub merged the clutch is thrown into gear and the rollers are turned in the direction to still further unwind the chains from roller Eand wind them upon roller D,by which arrangement the hog is rolled over in the vat. then be reversed, turning the hog in'the opposite direction, and at the end of the scalding process the chains should be in position, unwound from roller D. The clutch is again thrown out of gear, and the rotation of roller Eis continued to wind up the chain and ele- \"ate the hog from the vat. When the chains are drawn taut, the hog will roll down the chains and be discharged onto a table that is supposed to be located on the side of the apparatus next roller D. This completes the scalding apparatus, and when the chains are slacked off a trifle from roller E they are in po sition for again receiving a hog for scalding.

The rollers may What I claim is-- 1. The combination,with ascalding-vat, of rollers located at the respective sides of the vat and at different elevations, chains connecting with the two rollers, and mechanism, substantially as indicated, for revolving the two rollers in unison and for revolving the top roller while the lower roller remains stationary,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a scalding-vat, of rollers mounted on the respective sides of the vat, chains extending from one roller to the other, sprocket-wheels mounted on the re spective rollers and connected by an endless chain,and a clutch for rendering one roller operative or inoperative, substantially as set forth.

3. The combinatiomwith a scalding-vat and rollers located at different elevations, of chains extending from the rollers in position to enter the vat, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a scaldingvat and rollers located at different elevations, of chains extending from the rollers over the vat, and

clutch mechanism for locking one of said rollers, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination,with a scalding-vat, a grating located therein, a heating-chamber be neath the vat, and rollers, one above the other and over the sides of the vat, of chains extending from said rollers, gearing connecting the rollers, and clutch mechanism for locking one roller, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witn'esscs,this 21st day of February, 1888.

DANIEL s. 'AMSIU-TZ.

\Vitnesses:

N. L. ROYER, A. J. TSOHAUTZ. 

